title: Modulation of Platelet thromboxane A2 and arterial prostacyclin by dietary vitamin E.
abstract: Platelets from vitamin E-deficient and vitamin E-supplemented rats generate the same amount of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) when they are incubated with unesterified arachidonic acid. Platelets from vitamin E-deficient rats produced more TxA2 than platelets from vitamin E-supplemented rats when the platelets are challenged with collagen. Arterial tissue from vitamin E-deficient rats generates less prostacyclin (PGI2) than arterial tissue from vitamin E- supplemented rats. The vitamin E effect with arterial tissue is observed when the tissue is incubated with and without added unesterified arachidonic acid. These data show that arterial prostacyclin synthesis is diminished in vitamin E-deficient rats. Vitamin E, in vivo, inhibits platelet aggregation both by lowering platelet TxA2 and by raising arterial PGI2.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014811:Vitamin E Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes; D014810:Vitamin E; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D003094:Collagen; D011464:Epoprostenol